The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-09

ranged for the celebration OF tho Lem.
mon church Sunday School on the 2Oth
Of August. 1887. have read with much
Indignation your malicious attack on
our people IN the "Jasper Courier. ~
Your statements That we. the committee
and the moderator. "invited you to
speak that we knew your theme two
hours before you began that the mod
orator announced that you would speak
on prohibition After dinner etc. are in
every fact and feature. flimsy and false.
None 0fus expected you on the grounds ::
none Of us invited you 10 speak on pro.
none Of us, on such m occa-
sion, would have allowed you 70 utter
. political sentence had We known II.
Mr.. Clay Lennon. the moderator, whom
you except in your ana'irnia. announced
you by saying, "Hon Is. n. Carter il on
the grounds and will make the fret
speech after dinner" Those were the
words he used. aud he further says that
IL case you say he announced you for =
prohibition speech. you are . faisiier.
Ata meeting Of the committee before
the celebration. Il was resolved that
nothing Of political character would be
tolerated st the celebration. Hence.
when you were seen upon the grounds.
aud IL was known that you were xe-
customed TO speak in public. and no une
OF Us ever dreaming that any Chris,ian
gentleman would 80 far forget himself.
as TO try 10 mingle with the hymns aud
anthems Of the most high. the pusiid
vapOrings from the cess-pooi Of polIsic-
you were announced for the frat speech
after dinner. II you ever even limited
10 any one on our committee that Won
would discuss prohibition, you would
mot have been permitted 10 mount the
stand. and no one but . member Of the
COMMITTEE had The right 10 invite you 20
speak. Why. cir. think Of your conduct
just for moment. II il preposterous
and uurcasonsbiy absurd. The very
idea VI allowing . raniing political har-
,Angue st y church festivity. SO i'll
timed aud incpporiuned was your con-
duct that Il may well cause the blush Of
lshame to iinge your cheek, aud your
lbrag and brnvado will not shield you
from the censure you 30 justly merit.
contempt hss the property Of descrnd-
ling. but you dwell below her utserniost
'faIl. by the manner Ia which you
throw down the glove we see that you
|are braggart. Hut il II not for us 10
accept. Sunday Schools have no con-
'nection-- no intercommunicsi iion--wis ish
the leprOus body of politics. C"nse-
|Quentiy, sir. Your statements ~ the Cou-
Irier places ns u.dcr the painful neces-
|sily, much though we ss Christians re-
|gret IL. OF saying % mildly ~ circun-
stances will permit. that you wilfully,
aud flagrantly. misrepresen-
ted and perverted the iacts in the case.
Let rs say further in oil candor, and as
calmly as forbearance with yonr unlnau-
" conduct will permit us TO speak. that
u there was In your heart one veetige of
true nobility; IL there wss IN your
shivering soul one Chrisiisn impulse.
you would not have tried 10 tax the ad-
vantage Of our invitation and hospitality
on that religious occasion, TO foist your
fansticaI political views upon those peo-
pie and children there gathered 10 enjoy
. day Of listening 70 the teachings OF the
meek, humble and truthful Saviour.
Trusting that IN the future you will
be more consistent In the choice ef sub
jects TO suit occasions on which you
speak, We are respectfully,
n. q. GosLiN, Chairman.
g. w. HAsK,xs,
j. r.. HARRIS. Can,....
w. 5. LENNON, 's'
A. II. TRAYLoR.
Clay LEMMoN, Moderator.
The above "Opcn Letter" was pub
lIshed in the Evsnsville Courier Of Sum
day last, and on Monday Mr.. Carter
comes back at the committee through its
columns, from which we take the fol-
lowing extracts:
II am no little surprised to see the
name OF Clay Lennon attached, g be-
voluntarily asked me not TO attach blame
10 him for the interruption before ! left
the stand, saying he wss not responsible
Tor IL. Besides that. he IL The very man
who invited me 10 speak and announced
the same from the stand before dinner. n
"Now they decline to meet me BY rep
on the rostrum by one with
ering storm OF contempt and abuse a.
sure themselves that l am diep0eed Of
effectually. But I wish 10 ssy to them
that they are much mistaken. Their ar
rant cowardics 10 crawling behind their
non political meeting as On excuse for
failure to refute the charges made againet
their political organization will not
shield them, and when they say they did
not know the nature Of my theme, they
cay that they know 10 be false. Was Il
not within four miles Of that identical
spot that was In company with Rev.
Gin, Mr.. f. s. Hobbs and other good
citizens OF that community EGGsD for
making . prohibition speech In that re-
publican stronghold? IL was expected
10 confine myeeIfto Sunday school work
and subjects, why did not the committee
suggest that fact before ! began? Eut
not word, and knowing tnc % they
did, they knew what my subject was.
Ii IL useless 10 prol0ng this article.
The whole truth u that some people are
more ready 10 sacrifice their children on
the altar OF party. shan they are their
political allegiance.
AZ to their allusion to "tho putrid va-
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